Lot #220 - BOTANY BAY: THE LONDON CHRONICLE September 10-12, 1789

Auction House:

Leski Auctions

Sale Name:

Australian & Colonial

Sale Date:

02 Dec 2018 ~ 12noon (AEDT)

Lot #:

220

Lot Description:

BOTANY BAY: THE LONDON CHRONICLE September 10-12, 1789Includes a short piece about a curious item "imported from Botany Bay...a leaf of very uncommon properties; the most extraordinary is, that when dried, even without being pulverised, it goes off on application of a match, with an explosion somewhat in the manner of gunpowder, the air is afterwards agreeably perfumed......"